Marana Sucks Dig the dead and history for stores

Found in new Premium Outlet area just down from the cluster home sites

http://azstarnet.com/canal-pit-houses-from-up-to-years-ago-found-under/article_68364cf8-fe11-54c3-a72d-0e16553aded4.html

Marana Sucks A closer look at their Vision for our neighborhood

This is a map of the current raping of the neighborhood and the potential future high density area that they would like to see developed into unwanted high density cluster homes. 

This is the Preserves at Twin Peaks on a Satellite map so you can see how big it was. It has been cut back by 40 acres due to a partner pulling out, reason unknown.  

Notice at the bottom of this map is what they did to the Continental  Ranch, this is their vision for the Twin Peaks corridor, It is being forced on us by developers and the council.  

Marana Sucks Continental Rach

Very depressing day, I took a ride down Coachline road in Continental Ranch. This is off Twin Peaks road past the Santa Cruz river. It is what they are going to do to Twin Peaks corridor.

House on top of house forever... It sucks

Marana Sucks Which do you like

This

Or this
(these two area are to be bulldozed for the development of high density homes)

This is Decker site will have tow story homes soon where it was zoned for one home per acre 

This is the De Manna site that will house 199 homes many two story are to be built where it was zoned for one home per acre. 

Marana Sucks Welcome to the Pristine Sonoran Desert .......Right

This is the resent approved development where it was one acre lot zoning. So if your thinking of moving to Marana to get away from high density rat race, do not move here, they will allow the developers anything they want...... I wonder what they got out of it? Only they know due to them circumventing the open meeting laws by meeting only two at a time with the developer during the day of the public meeting.

Marana Sucks this article is crap,

This is the article in the local newspaper on annexation of a plot of land, They say it is to square up the boundaries, but it is owned by Pulte homes and is going to be rezoned to high density housing. All neighbors were in opposition to the annexation, however as is the usual case they did not listen and passed it anyway .

http://explorernews.com/news/article_a05947a2-0465-11e3-a951-001a4bcf887a.html

Marana Sucks Explorer News article on the two development

Here is the article after the meeting that the council passed two high density developments against the local residence concerns.
http://explorernews.com/news/article_fca09d78-9e78-11e3-a4bd-0019bb2963f4.html

Marana Sucks recorded meetings for Rancho De Manna (low Density) and two high density developments this month

2-2014 In this recording of the Town Council meeting for Preserves at Twin Peak and Twin Peak Vistas you can see that after many of the neighbors spoke with passion to leave the zoning as is, the council passed both with NO DISCUSSION.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhp5rpvpqkg52f8/Council%20Meeting_20140218_152934__1-2-chs.wav

8-2011 In this recording you can hear the many questions and discussion on the Rancho De Manna 3 acre to one acre zone change. They also place a 30% max disturbances on the property, Not on the developers above. This was passed with a Planning Commission vote of NOT to approve. This one needs 30 foot set back the two cluster developers above only need 20 foot setback.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylc84thxr21jypl/Council%20Meeting_20110816_160208__1-2-chs.wav

Please listen to the uncaring Council in both of these recording. In neither do the developers live in the town of Marana.

Marana Sucks Who wants to be Glendale???????

This is the towns vision,,,,, 200,000 people in a few decades. WHY we do not want to be Glendale... We moved here to be in an area as it exists NOW.
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/northwest/incoming-marana-deputy-town-manager-will-help-ready-city-for/article_0748bf2e-0e04-58a9-98c6-4ad72df657d1.html

This is so full of BS ,,, they are not listening to us and are making all the mistakes he speaks of in a rush to be Glendale... You can not talk to them, they DO NOT listen to those who have settled here.

Marana Sucks treatment of one land owner vs two developers with money

In 2011 a property owner wanted to change his zoning from 3.3 acres to one acre lots off Camino DeManna. ( by the cell tower) Ranco De Manna. The town made them jump through hoops. They questioned them at length at the public hearing.

This month the town passes two zoning changes to cluster homes on 6000 SF lots with no discussion. How is that possible for such a major change with total opposition from the adjacent property owners? It makes no sense unless the it was a done deal before the public hearing.. for that to happen there would have to be private discussions with the developers and between councilors prior to the public hearing.....

And it did happen in the last two passed proposals.. they circumvented the pubic notice law by meeting with no more than two in the room with the developer at a time before the public hearing. So there was no discussion, no questions before the public that night.

This is just short of criminal behavior by the council..... it defeats the public hearing process. We the people needed to hear the questions and deals made with the developers to pass the zoning change that made millions for two developers at the detriment of the surrounding property owners.

During the zoning change for the Rancho De Manna they questioned the owner at length and made them make concessions in public. For these two they did not ... Why?

Then there is the publishing of the minutes, the minutes of the cell tower Rancho De Manna  public hearing were in detail and explicit.
http://www.marana.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3403

and then there is this meeting for two major zoning changes;
http://www.marana.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4290

People spoke passionately against the two zoning changes and for their full time allotted and this is all that is reported. It is also not mentioned that they denied several of us the use of the overhead projector. They even have a written policy for the public  to use it but they said we could not.. The planners and developers could do anything they wanted with the projector and computers.

http://www.marana.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/4560

Marana Sucks- Honea Heights sewer hook ups continued

Well the mayor does not want to pay for sewer hookups for property he owns, so what do they do??

http://explorernews.com/news/article_3c2d870a-e8ec-11e2-9367-0019bb2963f4.htm

Marana Sucks- Specific Annexation for A Developer

On 10-15-13 the town council voted to annex a specific 36.79 acres into the town for a specific developer apparently Pulte Homes. The vote was tied with Vice Chairmen absent from the meeting roll call. It appears as though the Vice Chair was summoned due to the tie vote. He bolted into the meeting and sided with the Mayor thus annexing the property into the town. Council women Ziegler apparently questioned the ethics and legality of actions by various people leading up to and including the public hearing and was verbally attached by the Vice Chairman. (as reported to me by a attendee)

From my observations, remarks by council members and the reported comment by Ziegler above.... there is no doubt in my mind that the council is skirting the edge of meeting law and ethics with their questionable actions.

It appears again that the town wants high density housing in the Twin Peaks region so bad they will now complete specific annexation at the behest of a specific developer.

I might add that there was total opposition by the existing large lot homeowners. But as always the town goes for the developer and money. In a meeting with a neighbor and the mayor, he made an odd statement to the neighbor" Some people thing i am on the dole... but  I am not".... Must look so guilty he has to offer a comment on the subject.... just saying Next comes the re-zoning of the annexed land.... Will most likely be a waste of time and effort to try and stop.... but I will...

Please see this report for more information
http://explorernews.com/news/article_f3053adc-3b4d-11e3-b4a8-0019bb2963f4.html

Marana Sucks Taxes

I have written on that in my opinion, criminal actions of the council and the planning commission in allowing the high density housing to be built in the Twin Peaks region that is zoned R-36  one acre per residence.

At the meeting a gentleman spoke on the consequences to the surrounding Pima county residences. He spoke of the fact that high density housing is causing his taxes to increase exponentially, you say how, well he makes a great point.

If you build housing as zoned, lets say on the Preserves at Twin Peaks, it would be maybe 100 families when completely built out. So you have kids from 100 families. Now you change the zoning to 200 homes on the same property you have 200 families.

So as this keeps happening the schools can not accommodate fast increase of cluster high density homes being built.... in this case 200 at Preserves at Twin Peak and Vistas at Twin Peaks 60. 260 new families in a short time, and there are others in progress and already approved in the area. in lieu of what could be built under the existing zoning, say 125 custom homes that take a longer time to sell and build giving the turnover at the schools to proceed at a normal pace.

So now we need more schools, teachers, and staff. Well the schools are funded from Pima County taxes, so everybody in the area pays for the Marana Council's greed for roofs. Now this gentleman's taxes go up again. He stated that since  the  high density housing and apartments at Tangerine his taxes have gone from $700.00 to $4500.00 per year.....

Well I never thought of this fact but it makes sense. More money More money More money !!!!!!!!!!


 

Marana Sucks- Citizen engagement

On their website they encourage citizen engagement "The Marana Town Council, through its Strategic Plan, believes that civic engagement is a critical component of the Town’s development." This is a joke..... When fully engaged as the citizens were for two development proposals, we were ignored and both the Planning Commission and the Council voted for these abominations in favor of the developer unanimously.

So the one with money has  more concern of the government,  than almost total opposition by the neighborhood.There is nothing more frustrating than the feeling of a futile attempt to change the mind of  a blind politician. Let me hypothetically clarify the word blind, uncaring, mind made up, possibly corrupt, has a interest and did not disclose to the public.

The other day they put up a site called Marana 365 a community forum to get comments on different items of interest. Well one was the Strategic Plan update. Of course I was the first to place my comments on the site. Basically stating why bother, you do not follow the current plan. Most specifically the Twin Peaks corridor is LOW DENSITY HOUSING with R-36 ZONING on the plan. It took no time at all for the current to be changed by  an override for two developers.

Well of course they removed my remarks as they did for my comments on the hiring of more bureaucrats, most specifically an Deputy Town Manager. GONE before they even could be read.

Lets speak of the Deputy Town Manager, the other night I attended the council meeting and the Town Manager sat on the Dias, I am not sure he even spoke a word the whole time I was there, The Mayor controlled everything.

So what does he do if anything and why do we need a Deputy Manager???? mo money mo money mo money !!!!!!!!!!!!

WAKE UP MARANA

Marana Sucks This or That

The planning commission and the town council has just voted to turn the Twin Peaks corridor into a common cluster home area, nothing special as it was zoned prior to the zoning change,

The question is what would you like to see this

Or this R-36 developed lot

This is one of the area they are going to bulldozed for the cluster homes

Below: looking South west standing on Twin Peaks 

This is where Preserves at Twin Peaks is going to bulldoze. What a name it preserves nothing